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About me

An experienced reporter and editor who has worked for the Economist Intelligence Unit, Foreign Trade magazine, ChinaOnline.com and several trade publications - including CompuTrade International - I have been freelancing for the past several years, providing content for Web sites, crafting press releases and copy editing official reports and company statements.

I have edited two books and am currently working on a third, which deals with doing business and living in India.

I tend to write about business topics, especially international commerce and investing, but I have penned pieces on a wide variety of subjects, everything from Islam in Indonesia, how to erase data from your disk drive, to how much water a pelican's beak can hold.

I have written book reviews (one of which was published in Ancient Warfare magazine), articles on organic food, and travel pieces. I also currently run a Web site that offers advice to parents who have a child in a hip spica cast (HipSpicaCast.com).

For a sample of my writing, please read my "Featured Article" below and peruse my list of "Helium Favorites."

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Articles

The dangers of colloidal silver by Les Jacobs
How to clean up your old PC's hard disk drive by Les Jacobs
Foreign stock market shares to be sold in China by Les Jacobs
Assessing the Fed's Bear Stearns buyout by Les Jacobs
Shifting the green: JPMorgan Chase buys Bear Stearns by Les Jacobs
Mars Lander Detects Snowfall on Red Planet by Les Jacobs

Featured article by Les Jacobs

Politics, News & Issues > International News Bank mergers: Barclays bank buys Lehman Brothers: 1 of 1
Barclays PLC, one of the largest investment banks in the United Kingdom, agreed Sept. 16, 2008, to buy the bulk of Lehman Brothers Inc. for $1.75 billion. It is also negotiating to acquire parts of Lehman's equities business in Europe and may take on some Lehman employees in Asia.Lehman, the fourth largest investment bank in the United States, is one of the latest victims of the subprime mortgage crisis that led to the government bailout of Bear Stearns in March and the takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by the U.S. Treasury earlier in September.Worth as much as $45 bill...
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